Officials say the rising trend of spider monkey babies being domesticated is the cause of these aggressive poachers.

A growing black market is tearing spider monkey families apart in southern Mexico, where poachers are killing adults and ...

Bound, sedated and stuffed into bags: Poachers are ripping baby spider monkeys from their mothers in the forests of southern ...

The Texas-Mexico border has become a key corridor for the illegal trade in exotic animals, with spider monkeys among the most ...

To the editor: The recent case of a young spider monkey rescued during a drug bust in Vallejo highlights the urgent need to ban the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in this country (“Baby spider ...

An influencer is fighting to get back her internet-famous monkey, Jorgie Boy — even though the unpermitted pet was found deathly sick and malnourished in a car crash where his owner says she had ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - A Tennessee man is facing charges after police say he threatened to blow up the University of Tennessee Veterinary Hospital. According to police, the incident ...

ST. LOUIS – At the Saint Louis Zoo in Primate Canopy Trails, a series of walkways and paths take visitors up close with four new, endangered spider monkeys. “We have Ozomatli, Chico, Xochitl, and Cula ...

A young spider monkey seized during a traffic stop on Monday has now landed safely at the Oakland Zoo, according to the California Highway Patrol. The female spider monkey was discovered by CHP after ...

The Oakland Zoo is taking care of a female spider monkey seized Thursday by the Solano County Sheriff's Office during a narcotics raid in Vallejo. Named Violeta by zoo staff, she's reportedly about 18 ...